Collar.



A. A. BAMFORD.

COLLAR.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 23, 1911.

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ARTHUR ANTON BAMFORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914:.

Application filed May 23, 1911. Serial No. 628,916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, ARTHUR ANTON BAM- FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in collars, and particularly to that class of collars commonly known as the turn-over collar, the object of the invention being to provide a collar with means whereby a necktie may be easily and quickly positioned thereon and said means serving as a locking device for retaining the tie upon the collar, as well as the tie forcing the ends of the flaps of the collar toward each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a collar of the class set forth with means whereby a'tie may be quickly adjusted upon said collar without necessitating the tie being passed around the collar.

With the above objects in view and others, which will appear as the nature of the description progresses, the improvement resides in the novel arrangement of collars hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the improvement and in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar constructed in accordance with the present invention, the tie being illustrated in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a detail horizontal section taken centrally through the tie retaining members of the collar.

The improved collar as heretofore set forth is of that class known as the turnover collar, the same comprising an inner member 1 having'a lapped front portion 2. The inner member 1 has its adjacent edges formed with the usual button holes 3, while the adjacent edges of the meeting ends of the lapped portion 2 of the collar are provided with openings 4 and 5. These openings are adapted to serve as means whereby a tie 6 may be inserted and attached to the said collar without necessitating the tie being wound between the members 1 and 2, as is the ordinary manner of positioning a tie upon the collar. The tie 6 also serves as a means for forcing the meeting ends of the flap 2 toward each other, thus retaining the collar in a proper position and of course preventing the ends moving away from each other, as is the case in collars of the ordinary construction.

In Fig. 1 the openings 4: and 5 comprise substantial vertical slits having longitudinally extending slits which form retaining tongues, which are designated respectively by the numbers 8 and 9. It will be noted that these retaining tongues have their edges pointed toward the ends of the overlying liaps 2, and by this arrangement the members 8 and 9 contacting with the tie 6, when the same has been positioned upon the collar, eifectively prevents the bow of the tie from becoming open or disarranged.

From the above description taken in corn nection with the accompanying drawing the simplicity of the device as well as its advantages will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A. turn over collar having its front portion adjacent its meeting edges provided with vertical slits and spaced rearwardly extending parallel slits leading from said vertical slits and forming tie retaining tongues of substantially rectangular formation which have their free edges extending toward each other and terminate adjacent the said meeting edges of the collar, the said vertical slits receiving the tie between the end wall thereof and said free edges of the tongues whereby the latter are forced to assume an angular position outwardly of the collar and have their free edges impinged against the major portion of the opposite sides of the knot of the tie for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof ll aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR ANTQN BAMFORD. Witnesses:

JOHN KANE,

L. H. BAUM.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

